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Kangaroo Mother Care
February 21 , 2020
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- Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is the intervention where babies are placed in skin-to-skin contact with their mothers and exclusively breast fed.
- It has been recommended worldwide for stable low-birthweight new-borns.
- WHO recommends that it be continued till baby attains a weight of 2.5 kg or till babies wriggle out.
- KMC has 3 parts:
- Skin-to-skin contact
- Exclusive breastfeeding
- Support to the dyad.
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